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Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5)
Echo Burning - Jack Reacher, Bk 5
Author: Lee Child
Thumbing across the scorched west Texas desert, loner Jack Reacher has nowhere to go, and all the time in the world to get there. Cruising the same stretch of two-lane blacktop is pretty Carmen Greer. — But for Reacher, the lift comes with a hitch. Carmen's got a story to tell, and it's a wild one. All about her husband, her family secret...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780515133318
ISBN-10: 0515133310
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: 432
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 353 ratings
Publisher: Jove Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 22 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Of all the authors who write series books I really like Lee Child - eash and everyone of his Reacher books can be enjoyed on its own. And while Reacher's physical prowess is almost beyond belief his intelligence is what usually saves him. Because of his character's background he has an open field to put him in new situations and environments. This is a opportunity that Child uses to his advantage and you don't feel that you are reading the same book again & again. Few authors are as good at this as Child - If you like to see you leading character again & again - I recommend this series.
perryfran avatar reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 1221 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Another excellent Jack Reacher thriller! This may be the best one yet. In this one Child leads you down a twisting path that includes a lot of misdirection to a very satisfying conclusion. The Reacher series is definitely becoming one of my favorites. This 5th book in the series involves Reacher with a Latina woman (Carmen) who claims she has been brutally beaten by her husband who is serving time for tax evasion. But is Carmen telling the truth? Her story seems to fall apart as told by the local DA. Highly enjoyable and I would highly recommend this one.
papertiger avatar reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 42 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Fans of the Jack Reacher series will enjoy the display of his deductive skills in this story of an abused wife in the outback of Texas. Readers who are not yet fans will also admire his Dr. Gregory House approach to solving a mystery or, in this case, a nested series of mysteries surrounding an attractive Mexican-American wife and the imperious old west family she has married into. Reacher pairs up with a beautiful lesbian lawyer to fight an archaic Texas legal system as well as some very skilled professional killers in this thriller that is as wide ranging as the well-painted Texas landscape it is set against.
reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 13 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I really enjoyed this story. I true mystery as I was guessing "whodunit" up until the very end.
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Helpful Score: 1
Echo Burning is a masterfully characterized thriller starring Reacher, the ex-military cop who's so concerned about commitment to anything--a woman, possessions, a permanent address--that he only owns the clothes on his back. But he's the kind of justice-seeking guy you'd want on your side, especially if you were an abused wife trapped in a marriage you can't get out of until, and unless, somebody bumps off your old man.
Reacher is drawn into beautiful Carmen Greer's orbit, which ought to teach a guy not to hitchhike. Agreeing to protect her from the husband who's about to be released from jail, Reacher moves into the bunkhouse of the Echo, Texas, ranch that's owned by the bigoted, bitter, but powerful Greer family. This is the best Jack Reacher yet, smart, stylish, and convincing.
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tigger5677 avatar reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 42 more book reviews
. An excellent read.
reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 101 more book reviews
page turner.can not put it down.
reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 14 more book reviews
A very good read. Could not put the book down. Read the entire book in a day and a half.
reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 9 more book reviews
Another decent read in the Jack reacher series.
reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 18 more book reviews
Great book!!! I have read all of Lee Child's books and this is definitely one of his best! Very hard to put down.
sniffles81 avatar reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 3 more book reviews
I enjoyed this book. Lee Child has a way of grabbing the reader and not letting go. Very hard to put down. He keeps Reacher interesting and puts him in crazy situations that you'd probably never thinkof. Love his books!
reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 7 more book reviews
Just as good as the other Reacher novels
reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 593 more book reviews
This is another GREAT Jack Reacher story.
DieHard avatar reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on
This is my least favorite of the Reacher series so far. To quote from Jackie Chiles (Seinfeld reference) this plot was "outrageous, egregious, preposterous". Preposterous being the key word. And Reacher's ability to find buried bodies and solve the murder without a shred of a clue was nothing short of magical. On top of that, the "tough guy" dialogue that Child assigned to Reacher was infantile and moronic. Had his other Reacher novels not been far superior to Echo Burning, I would put down this series forever. But I'm hoping this bomb was an exception and not a jump the shark moment.
Paucle avatar reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 19 more book reviews
Went for bloodwork and picked up 4 "Jack Reacher" titles at a book "donation" sale, my first ones. (Had never heard of him before the Tom Cruise movie.)
This is *really* good stuff! Lee Child writes a tightly wound plot, with enough intricacies and twists to keep you guessing. I read this in less than 48 hours, it was that compelling.
Highly recommended for fans of both action/adv and mystery genres.
reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 3149 more book reviews
another great Reacher story! Can't go wrong with Reacher!
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When I ordered "Echo Burning", there was no alert advising me that I was going to receive a Reader's Digest condensed version of the novel. Very disappointing!
hardtack avatar reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 2686 more book reviews
I'm not really into thrillers, so I often hesitate to start a new "Reacher" novel. But once in, I"m hooked.

This one was interesting in that you first start off thinking there are two opposing groups. But further on you realize there are three. But who is running the third group, and why? You meet the "foot soldiers" of the third group, but the person behind them is a mystery. But Child keeps dropping hints you later realized you overlooked. However, halfway through the book he drops a short hint, that, if your thinking cap is on, gives you a good idea who the person running the third group is. Only much later do you understand why.

However, there was one time "Reacher" came to a conclusion that leaves you wondering how he arrived at it. And Child never explains.
buzzby avatar reviewed Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, Bk 5) on + 6062 more book reviews
Warning! a book with no ISBN# (like this one) that is 20 years old or less could be a Reader's Digest condensed version.

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